*looks down*

No.

Like they ever come up from the basement......

/they only need their sweatpants

Yeah, no. Slim suits are for effeminate men with the body of a pre-teen girl waiting for her breasts to show up.

on the other hand the classic cut of brands like Brooks Brothers often make me feel like I'm covered in a tent.

Um, no. T-shirts and shorts work for me.

Oh look, another fashion trend I'll ignore as it passes me by and fades away like all the rest.

I'm wearing a tuxedo, because it's after 6 here and I'm not a farmer.

"Men are the new women," Bret Pittman, director of J. Crew's Ludlow Shop in TriBeCa in Manhattan, told me...

My response:

Clothes thread? Clothes thread.

These pants are amazing. Comfortable, durable ,and easy to maintain.

And I get all my shirts from here. The only place where I can find shirts loud enough to be heard coming, but still stylish enough to not make me look like Colin Baker's Doctor.

I don't really do suits, largely because I'm trying to find a place that'll do bespoke suits in Pittsburgh. The only option is Tom James, and they're too pricy.

My sweatshirt does NOT have a hood

/not the one I'm wearing this month, anyway

Men are the new women...

So.....

Trap Thread?

TD DAWGS

wrong thread

sorry

elvisaintdead: wrong thread

sorry

That wasn't an article. It was an ad.

For The Love of God, WHY?

GAT_00: Oh look, another fashion trend I'll ignore as it passes me by and fades away like all the rest.

This.

If jeans and a shirt means I'm out of style...then it means I'm out of style.

No biggie.

the metrosexual thing is so 2002

My boyfriend is continuously amazed at how much more it costs for women's clothes vs. the equivalent in men's.

That said, I'm not gonna bother clicking. Filler articles are filler articles.

In other news, a clothing company wants to sell more clothing.

Slacks, a blazer, and a sweater will be fashionable until the end of humanity.

Okay, they'll be fashionable enough.

Queer Eye is cancelled, these clothing companies need to get over that fact.

BronyMedic: elvisaintdead: wrong thread

sorry

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jowls hunny...

Mangoose: Yeah, no. Slim suits are for effeminate men with the body of a pre-teen girl waiting for her breasts to show up.

on the other hand the classic cut of brands like Brooks Brothers often make me feel like I'm covered in a tent.

Slim-suits are huge here, partly because they're fashionable at the moment but partially because French men all seem to be built like parking meters. Which I most certainly am not. Makes it hard to buy work clothes, since I don't make enough to buy suits made to measure.

Im a gonna tell my husband that. He likes t shirts from Wal Mart with fart jokes on them.

I am in fact a new woman

You can have my Carhartt loose-fit straight-leg jeans when you pry them from my cold, dead...well...you know what I mean.

well, I say there's a reason 10% of the guys are farking 50% of the women.

I got in a bar fight with J. Crew. That dick suckerpunched me. But I cut him.

Robo Beat: Mangoose: Yeah, no. Slim suits are for effeminate men with the body of a pre-teen girl waiting for her breasts to show up.

on the other hand the classic cut of brands like Brooks Brothers often make me feel like I'm covered in a tent.

Slim-suits are huge here, partly because they're fashionable at the moment but partially because French men all seem to be built like parking meters. Which I most certainly am not. Makes it hard to buy work clothes, since I don't make enough to buy suits made to measure.

you sound fat.

Wearing jeans and a hoodie and I did have cheetos for lunch, so getting a kick ...

Mangoose: Yeah, no. Slim suits are for effeminate men with the body of a pre-teen girl waiting for her breasts to show up.

on the other hand the classic cut of brands like Brooks Brothers often make me feel like I'm covered in a tent.

So what kind of suit do you wear, then?

Sorry, I wear oversized sweaters and hoodies to cover up my complete lack of cleavage.

/and the jeans aren't stained with Cheetos, that is donut dust, thankyouverymuch

Can we please have a moratorium on "_____ is the new _____" ?

Hell no! It's Costco jeans and Old Navy tee shirts for me, that's how I roll!

Bronzemom: Im a gonna tell my husband that. He likes t shirts from Wal Mart with fart jokes on them.

See, you married a real man.

Phoenix87ta: You can have my Carhartt loose-fit straight-leg jeans when you pry them from my cold, dead...well...you know what I mean.

And that will take a while, because nothing gets cold in Carhartt.

Extra-large hooded sweatshirts?

Why would I wear something that small?

wedun: Robo Beat: Mangoose: Yeah, no. Slim suits are for effeminate men with the body of a pre-teen girl waiting for her breasts to show up.

on the other hand the classic cut of brands like Brooks Brothers often make me feel like I'm covered in a tent.

Slim-suits are huge here, partly because they're fashionable at the moment but partially because French men all seem to be built like parking meters. Which I most certainly am not. Makes it hard to buy work clothes, since I don't make enough to buy suits made to measure.

you sound fat.

I was fat. Then I lost some weight. Now I'm just squarish.

Once again, I'm ahead of the trend. 10 years ago, I started dressing nice. That phase lasted until around 2005. These days, I'm back to "Shirt: Chcek. Pants: Check. Shoes: Check. Good to go."

Mister Peejay: Phoenix87ta: You can have my Carhartt loose-fit straight-leg jeans when you pry them from my cold, dead...well...you know what I mean.

And that will take a while, because nothing gets cold in Carhartt.

Damn straight. Comfy, too.

We need to come up with a better word for people who are men but where women's clothing, because tranny isn't working out in the fashion industry.

Actually in my pajamas and waiting for these to get done cooking

TFA: from a boxy design meant to conceal the body to a fitted look meant to reveal it.

Hurray for boxy designs!

I'm amazed at how the author was able to make a lisp practically leap off the written page.

Onkel Buck: Actually in my pajamas and waiting for these to get done cooking
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I had no idea they made such a thing. I'm not sure if I should be frightened or jealous.

StreetlightInTheGhetto: My boyfriend is continuously amazed at how much more it costs for women's clothes vs. the equivalent in men's.

I dunno, I think I tend to outspend my wife on clothes by a decent margin. The last shirt I bought was $150. It's an awesome shirt though- the fabric has a great drape, it's this embroidered paisley on this multi-tone fabric, and it's got contrasting cuff linings. I love it.

picturescrazy: Bronzemom: Im a gonna tell my husband that. He likes t shirts from Wal Mart with fart jokes on them.

See, you married a real man.

As I sit in a sushi bar in my pinstripe slacks and shirt with bronze cog buttons. My black and copper cinched vest and my bowler. I'm sitting next to a woman in a lolita dress, and I have to say, having watched her dress, that I could never be bothered to put that much effort into getting prepared. If I can't throw it on, straighten it out and walk out the door, it's not worth putting on.

I'm overweight, but find that I look better in some "thin cut" suits vs the usual. Theory is a good "inbetween" brand, well for me anyway (and made in the USA too).

and that rep from J Crew needs a good pummeling. I have not tried J Crew before, and I now have a good reason not to.

I actually have a Sunday go to meetin' hoodie.

Suckers!

Have you ever noticed that:

* Good quality men's clothing almost never goes on sale, and if it does, it won't fit you?
** Men's shirts cost a fraction of the price of women's blouses, and are cheaper to dry clean?
*** A Man can go into to store, buy everyhing he needs and be out in under half an hour?

Well, there is a reason for this: Men are men, women are chumps. Demanding, relentless, shopaholic chumps.

Women will buy something, wear it once and take it back for a refund. This is included in the price of women's clothing. Men buy something, they expect it to last and they'll wear it long after it is visibly worn.

Men's fashions chance slowly and usually around the edges (tie and collars widths). A man wants a suit that will go from graduation to the grave. He might not be able to afford that suit, but he'll get as close as he can.

Women will buy shoes for individual events, wear them once and keep them. Thus many women's shoes are incredbly flash and shoddy. They are made of cardboard and glitter and she'll be lucky to get through the even with a broken heel. Men hate to shop for shoes. They may have three pairs of identical black shoes (they wear better if you rest them a day or two) but they won't have 200 pairs of black shoes designed for specific events or costumes.

In short, men's clothing tends to be durable, economical, and thus cheap.

Women's clothing tends to last a maximum of one season, or three months, whichever is shorter. It is expensiive and shoddy, expensive and short-lived, and thus not cheap by any measure.

Remember: fashion is a conspiracy to sell you new clothes every three months. Good clothes should last for years, decades, centuries, and some do with the right care. If you want to wear a dress owned by Marie Antoinette or Queen Elizabeth I of England, you can because there are still hundreds, if not thousands of them still around, mostly in museums, of course. But if you are a real woman and a fashion victim, you may never wear anything for more than a couple of hours. Ballet dancers go through shoes like they are made of paper. Some of them are. Fashion women go through $75,000 dresses like they were $10 cotton frocks. And some of them are.

MEN, DO NOT BE SUCKERED INTO SHOPPING LIKE WOMEN. THAT WAY MADNESS LIES!

Even most women don't go that crazy. Chances are you know plenty of decent, not very frumpy women, who have been known to wear things out rather than wear them once and save on laundry.